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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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even in aooordanoe with <strong>the</strong> traditional<br />

characterisation <strong>of</strong> BL OHAP. Mat<strong>the</strong>w's<br />

narratiye^ we expect in it <strong>the</strong> fullest account <strong>of</strong> onr<br />

Lord's ZYIII Discourses^* while we also notice<br />

that His Oalilean Hinistrjr forms <strong>the</strong> main subject<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> First GospeL* And <strong>the</strong>re is one<br />

characteristic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> * Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount'<br />

which, indeed, throws %ht on <strong>the</strong> plan <strong>of</strong> SL<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w's work in its apparent chronolo^cal<br />

inverdon <strong>of</strong> eventB^ such as in its placing <strong>the</strong><br />

^Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount' before <strong>the</strong> caffing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Apostles. We will not designate <strong>the</strong> ^ Sermon on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Mount' as <strong>the</strong> promulgation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> New Law,<br />

since that would be a far too narrow^ if not<br />

erroneous, view <strong>of</strong> it. But it certainly seems to<br />

correspond to <strong>the</strong> Divine Revelation in <strong>the</strong> *Ten<br />

Words' from Mount Sinai. Accordingly, it seems<br />

appropriate that <strong>the</strong> Gtenesis-part <strong>of</strong> St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w's<br />

Gospel should be immediately followed by <strong>the</strong><br />

Exodus-part, in which <strong>the</strong> new Revelation is<br />

placed in <strong>the</strong> forefront, to <strong>the</strong> seeming breach <strong>of</strong><br />

historical order, leaving it afterwards to be<br />

followed by an appropriate grouping <strong>of</strong> miracles

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